James f



(ModeL) J. F. CONOVER.

LAMP BRACKET FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

y////////////// M H I T y S im; E F W INVENTOR ATTORNEYS the city,county,

Darren I STATES PATENT tries.

JAMES rfconovnn, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP-BRACKET FQR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

ZJ'PECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,987, dated August26, 1884.

I 7 Application filed March 14. 1853. (Model.)

f0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES F. Couovnn, of and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved LampBracket for Musical Instruments, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved bracket orarm for supporting alamp on an upright piano or organ,which bracket,when not in use, is contained within the instrument and concealed.

The invention consists in a bar held to slide into a piano-casing at theend of the'front of the same, which bar is guided by suitable blocks,and is provided at its outer end with a plate, upon which a lamp can beplaced when the bar is withdrawn from the casing, and given aquarter-turn to bring the said plate into a horizontal position.

The invention also consists in certain parts, details, and combinationsof the same, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the upper corner of the casing of anupright piano, provided with my improved lainp-bracket, with the bracketwithin the casing. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same on theline w .90, Fig. 1, showing the bracket within the casing. Fig. 8 is alike sectional elevation showing the bracket withdrawn from the casing.Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line y y, Fig.3.

The casing of an upright piano or organ is provided at the end of itsfront with a vertical molding, B, which generally has a rosette, G, or abracket attached to its upper end. A rosette, O, is arranged on themolding B a short distance below the rosette C, which distance is equalto the desired width of the lampsupporting platefor instance, from twoand one-half to four inches. The part B of the molding B, between therosettes O C, is at tached to the outer end of abar, D, which has theouter and inner ends squared, and is pro vided with a rounded part, E,between the squared ends The bar D slides parallel with of molding Bfitting the end F of the piano-casing in a rabbet formed in theblock G,attached to the inner surface of the end of the piano-casing,-or to thesurface of the front A of the casing, the upper surface of the rabbet ofwhich block is flush with the upper edge of the rosette O. Aplate,

H, is attached edgewise to the uppersurface of the bar D at the inneredge of the saine' and is also attached to the back of the piece ofmolding B, as shown in Fig. 2, which strip H is of the same height asthe piece of molding B", and is preferably made square. The front of thepiano-casing must be provided with a slot, (1, through which the saidstrip can pass into the casing. A guide-block, J, is secured to theinner surface of the side F of the pianocasing at the outer edge of thesame, and against the rear of the front A of the casing, directly abovethe upper edge of the bar D, so that the bar D slides between therabbeted block G and theguide-block J, as shown in Fi s. 3 and 4, whichblock J is of such width thzt when the bar D is pushed into thepianocasing the inner or lower surface of the plate H will rest againstthe outer :surface of the block J, as shown in Fig. 2. A standard, K, ofthe piano-casing is provided with an aperture or recess, L, forreceiving the inner squared end of the bar D,whieh inner squared end isprovided with a cross-piece or button, M, which strikes against theinner end of the blocks J and G when the bar is withdrawn, and preventsthe bar from being withdrawn entirely from the casin g. The centralrounded part, E, of the bar D permits the said bar being turned tochange the bracket-plate H on its free end from a vertical toahorizontal position, or vice versa, and its inner square end preventsit from turning after the said plate has been adjusted to a horizontalposition for holding a lamp.

The device is used in the following manner: When not in nse,the bar D iscontained within the piano-casing, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the piece thespace between the rosettes O and O, as shown. If the lampbracket is tobe used to support a lamp, the same is withdrawn from the casing untilthe rounded part E is between the blocks J and G, and when in thisposition the barD is turned on its longitudinal axis outward, so thatthe top of the plate H will project toward the end of the casing, andwill be in a longitudinal position, and then the bar is withdrawn untilthe squared part is held between the grooved block G and the block J,and the bar projects A from the casing, as shown in Fig. Alam can thenbe placed on the plate H. If the bracket is to be pushed back again,itis pushed inward until the rounded part E is between the blocks GJ. Theplate H is then turned upward and the bracket is pushed back into thecasing. The blocks J G hold the bracket firmly when the same iswithdrawn.

The bracket does not mar the appearance of the casing, and is entirelyconcealed from view when not in use.

Having thus described inyinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a piano-casing provided witha recess and guideways, of a bracket provided with a bar fitted to saidways, the said ways, bar, and bracket being constructed substantially asdescribed,whereby the bracket may be made to occupy said recess when notin use, and withdrawn and turned into a horizontal position when required, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a piano-casing, of the bar D, having squaredends, and round ed central portions between them, a plate attached tothe outer end of the bar, and a piece of molding attached to the outerend of the bar and the outer edge of the above-mew tioned plate,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, with apiano-casing, of the bar D, having squaredends, and rounded central part, E, between the ends, the plate H,attached to the outer end of the said bar, the rabbeted block G, inwhich the bar slides, the block J above the bar I), and the stand ard K,provided with an opening, L, for receiving the inner end of the bar,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

JAMES F. OONOVER.

\Vitnesses:

Osonn F. GUNZ, U. SEDGWICK.

